The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-09
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NE Declines n Grant 1ts Request OF
Feier's, but Teiia HHirs IN r.siar ntery.


THAT pig II DO ready to kill In couple o
weeks more" said tho Old Settler. as he and
little Peleg stood by the sty looking ut tho fat
grunter eating his evening meal. Hes M
enough to kill now fer that matter, for he's 81
fnt ez fall bar, an durn nigh or big. only
wish he were n bar. Peleg. Jeewhizzi Mebbe
wouldn't bounce inter that pen nor nothin'
I'd show 70 rassel. sonny. nm give 70 an idee
how I usoty shet the wind offen bars wen
took It inter my hcad to bothor witll,em.
generly had om laid out cold, II folt that
wny, foro they had timo to claw. unly wish
that shoat were an OIL he bar. Pelog, SOS ]
could git In TINT pen an show ye one O. the
leetle reecryations 1 usety how durin' play
spells won were boy"
Pcleg gazed at the pig. He was silent and
seemed lost in reflection. BY ani by he said:
"Grandpop, wish you'd tell me, as near as
you can figure EN- up. how many bears you
eyer tackled md got the best Of don't mean
but the bears that you've Just walked up I'i 10
and ketched by the neck and shut their wind
right on. or thumped 'em into conniption Tits
Gosh, sonnyl' exclaimed tho Old Settler,
after recovering from tho surprise Peleg's 10.
spend Ru svenn sdes Of so ap
slate flggerin', do YEP can't do 1t, sonny,
butt but asisr yer gtfanmammy goss to the SEWN
mind to-day, :, l think it'il please ye."
s1 ii. II aens "a s Lehs s s sq sd TS s
tier began:
h,ssSSaWfss al Z. , saia he; rs Sne q the
IL ye circle in toards the Woif Tongues sofs
souwest I'm Sugar Swamp. 20, kin soc OF
tSs sCSss amos In ye h ao n5
chuck q stun an hit Of sQuawkoe sauar in the
i ana I'm nth, thS way ne looks to 70. an SO ye
tle matter o, nine miled or Ibettor for the hill
an Rsh H to ye Ii The tcP
S$ $S' ~ e s Soa! se 's
sspIlt n the rock moron aity ioot wide. an %
Rs Sdf tha ss the sp Go ep Of makes s
sort O. half circle around tho top O the hill, an
its two ends opens in the west side @ the hill
straight up an, down ledge, SO the crown Of
old sauawkee hain,t much better'n an island
he brdss hss H san git on
The time I'm .tellin' ye bout, sonny, til,
was quite a bit o. woods on that island, an
spooke, they was 80 white an. naked. They
th't ever lived, an even to this day thu eagles
SGuawkee, an steals lambs an chickens down
beloT at the elearin's. In them days, peleg,
t Is odn Wa th %a hSe
tavern thar then. an the citizens was all injins
1sa @ They had kn an I'm
ftabie so%sresason The Kin! 10y them hen so air
he wanted him to marry GAL th't. We're the tis
The gal didn't hey no objections. 81 the young
but the young Primes had a sneaiin' notion
i heart didn't In, .hump agin his ribs durn bit fer
~. ARMS said little Peleg as the Old se
No sonny" replied the Old Settler. Eng
llsh names would ha' gone about ez fur 'mongst
sWsmp bsrn ~ Tho
leg. kln sly ye; T. meant Snatch a-scalp;;
want no SLOUGH. But ali the same he had to
%na s an heap as %s his
IT,. Society at all, an they said
al the w s her
her sunday;go-to-meetin' toggery were th't
she R snea ppdo S %sd 1S sa
color red heifep june uG an had Gsln name sne
a.pin an yea ha sslied on ~
her an sst fer her IN English va ha' INQUIRED
on TSss nsms In our
min maiden sctsh q the sum don't ofs shine e on
one e s day Princ sn a%nee f1ss
pap sent fer him an wen the young Prince
nHre ths kins the s nan Kim oo.d
him Gunse Rs King did cause he a We're ee sen
er'ly pressed fer time Gungfe, my SON says
a Couple more coats red on yer nos set tetsh
blue. an look ez seTgmptious 90 70 lin, ier
an ySS4s e e shs iSesnit b?iasssoem nlsn''
Pelss, Il thes'n real ginywine sI HAND painted
i IpinS br,s ssla the Prince An who's
the Rs Ens tas a oa
fer the Prince. an the one the Prince didn't
sspp nn shs Mss he s caad
Garries-her- head, SO high She eats clouds.
bTsssd pp an didn't show II It. ls No., up 00' no
ssd he to VT IL S ss IN du
eSlRE;a:pin AZ III her ths JIG Sere gp e. fer
prinee that settles s s ff0s soa o sa h sa
: an dig Ter Canady ' 0''''' ''-'1' '"'' n''
Say. GogGly, says Paw:paw-chink-a-pin
do you know th't you make me very tired
Ys hain't got no more backbone thin catty.
wsrs goInier l half Q, that wgwam 3 yeu'rn.
~ says she. i don't know e''|ac'ly, how; at
this present writin',' says sho. but tn hain't
that wlGwam with you but mo- says she. an
tRiak.s and Sic strutted away os sassy s Is
q banty rooster.
But the Prince didn't feel Jest right. He
an the fust thing he know'd he found th't he
had elm right up the east side, O. Squawkee
yya ,s gulley; Il he'd hs. took one more step
had no story to toll ye bout him. sonny. But
he didn't take the step. though he stood thar
for spell an had q notion to. Then he turned
to go back; wen his eye fell ,onter tree ez had
Icy. maxim a sort O. bridge from one side to
tother. Gungle-jib-goggle-ey hadn't no
he ups an walks over 1t, an. l. guess.
were the fust human bein' or Injin th't
ever eve pressed f TSt on that island
the lonely place only made him feel wuss thin
ever. Bimeby he got up to 60. an ut that very
minute wat sh'd heave up In front OF him but